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Thu 07 Jul 2008Study points to class difference in Lisbon vote
A striking feature of the recent referendum on the Lisbon Treaty was a massive difference in the class composition of those who voted No and Yes, according to a detailed analysis of the results of an opinion poll carried out for the European Commission in the immediate aftermath of the result.
Among manual workers 74 per cent vote No to the treaty while among self-employed people, 60 per cent voted Yes.
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